Response of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentum L.) to Different Coloured Shadenets and Genotypes

The red coloured shadenet with 50 per cent shading intensity found more suitable to obtain significantly maximum growth, yield attributes and fruit yield of okra (20.03 q unit⁻¹ of shadenet) followed by green + white colour (19.50 q unit⁻¹ of shadenet). The open field condition recorded significantly minimum growth, yield attributes and fruit yield of okra (11.41 q unit⁻¹ of 756 m²) as compared to different coloured shadenets. The genotype Phule Utkarsha was found significantly superior over Mahyco-64 in respect of growth, yield attributes and fruit yield of okra (17.40 q unit⁻¹ of shadenet). The red coloured shadenet registered significantly maximum absorbed photo synthetically active radiations and at par with green + white and green coloured shadenets at all crop growth stages.